Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Examination or also known as HSEE conducted by the Indian Institute of Madras is a national level entrance test conducted every year for candidates seeking admission to various MA programs offered at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) of the institute.

HSEE 2022 Syllabus

Indian Institute of Madras releases HSEE syllabus every year, HSEE 2022 syllabus is divided into two parts: Part I and Part II. 

Syllabus for HSEE 2022 Part I consists of 

• English (25% marks of Part I)
• Analytical and Quantitative Ability (25% marks of Part I)
• General Studies (in four sub-parts; 50% marks of Part I).
  • Indian Economy
  • Indian Society and Culture
  • World Affairs
  • Environment and Ecology

Syllabus for HSEE 2022 Part II consists of

• General Knowledge
• Current Affairs
• The essay should build an argument, demonstrate a clear perspective and be substantiated

It is important for all the candidates to know the syllabus, as it will help enhance their IIT HSEE Preparation.

Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Examination Part I Syllabus

Check out the detailed HSEE Syllabus for part 1 from the post below and enhance your preparation levels.

English

This section tests the candidate’s ability to understand and use standard English, and to appreciate literary language. Questions are related to the following areas:

• Reading skills: Candidates will be required to read the given passage(s) that aim(s) to test their comprehension skills and answer the comprehension questions. (Or This section tests candidates’ reading comprehension skills of a given passage.) 
• Grammar: This section tests the candidate’s knowledge of English grammar including sentence structure and usage, the use of tenses, verb patterns, articles, and active and passive constructions etc. 
• Vocabulary: This section is a test of vocabulary and the ability to understand meaning, structure and collocation of words

Analytical and Quantitative Ability

This section tests the candidate’s analytical skills and quantitative abilities. Questions are related to the following areas:

• Integers/fractions: In this Section Basic Integer and Fraction questions will be asked. 
• Data interpretations (bar graphs, pie charts etc.): In this section questions from basic types of charts and graphs will be asked. The most common types are line graphs, bar graphs and histograms, pie charts, and Cartesian graphs. 
• Time, distance and work: In this section the speed formulas, time and distance aptitude questions will be asked. 
• Averages: In this section questions will be asked from the three main types of average: mean, median and mode. 
• Simple and compound interest: Simple interest is based on the principal amount of a loan or deposit. And compound interest is based on the principal amount and the interest that accumulates on it in every period. 
• Elementary Trigonometry: This section is concerned with the shape of individual objects, spatial relationships among various objects, and the properties of surrounding space.
• Profit and loss: This section is based on basic profit and loss conceptual questions.
• Ratio proportion and variation: This section is based on Ratio, proportion and variation conceptual questions.
• Algebra: This section is based on Commutative, Associative, and Distributive Laws.
• Highest Common Factor (HCF) and Lowest Common Multiple, Calendar, Percentages, Discount, Age, Sums, Linear equations, Analytical reasoning, Logical reasoning Brain-teasers and patterns, 

General Studies

A) Indian Economy:

This section is intended to test the understanding of some basic economic concepts and awareness of key issues pertaining to the Indian economy with a focus on the developments after independence. The concepts and issues covered are:

• Understanding the Economy: Scarcity, opportunity cost, resource allocation, economic systems and their characteristics, features of market economies, forces of demand and supply, elasticity of demand and supply.
• Main Features of Indian Economy: Natural resources; human resources -population size and composition, literacy and education, occupational distribution.
• Major Economic problems: Poverty, Unemployment and Inequality -concepts, measurement, trends, sectoral distribution and policies, inflation – trends, causes and remedies.
• Economic Growth and Development: Meaning and measurement of economic growth, stages of development, national income concepts and trends, trends in savings and investment; human development index, national policy on education, health and health care policies. Planning in India: Five-Year Plans – objectives, priorities and problems.
• Sectoral Development: agriculture – Green Revolution and technological changes, current issues and policies; industry-evolution of industrial policies in India (from 1948), strategies for industrial development, public and private sectors, small and medium industries, infrastructure, transport and communication, service sector etc.
• Foreign Trade and International Economy: balance of payments, foreign exchange reserves and trade policy, I.M.F., W.T.O., international aid.
• Money, Banking and Public Finance: Concepts of money and measures of money supply.

B) Indian Society and Culture:

• Structure of Indian Society: Caste, Class and Tribe, Institutions of Marriage, Family and Kinship, Political institutions, Demographic Indicators and Trends.
• Social Change in India: Sanskritization, Modernisation, Westernization and Secularization, Social Movements and Regionalism, Panchayati Raj Institutions & Governance, Affirmative Action Programme of the Government, Commissions and Policy Interventions.
• Medieval and Modern Indian History: Delhi Sultanate and Mughal era; British Raj; Uprising of 1857; (Social) Reform, and Resistance Movements; Indian National Movement and the Emergence of the Indian nation.
• Indian Philosophy and Thinkers: Jainism, Buddhism, Orthodox Systems, Sikhism, Sufism, Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
• Indian Traditions and Knowledge Systems: Classical dance forms, Architecture, Education, Ethics, Language and Grammar, Painting, Music, Theater, Textiles Indian Literature, Mathematical and Medical systems.

C) World Affairs:

Emergence of the US and USSR; emergence of UN system; the Cold War and nuclear race; disintegration of Soviet Union, decline of Communism and rise of nationalism; Arab-Israel conflict; India and the World; NAM and role of India; India-China and India- Pakistan relations, China and the World, conflict and wars.

Democracy and Development; Challenges to democracy; North-South divide on issues of development; UN and its various developmental and peacekeeping operations; Nuclearisation and Non-proliferation; India in SAARC and ASEAN; International terrorism, fundamentalism and the War on Terror; Indo-US relations; New centres of power in Asia, Latin America and Africa.

Hunger and Poverty; Human Rights, Democracy and Development; Environmental degradation and green politics; Issues of Race, Ethnicity and Gender; Deprived Classes and minority politics; Religion in the contemporary world; Culture and Civilization; Globalization and changing economic, cultural and political landscape; Mass media and cultural change; Emergence of various popular mass movements.

D) Environment and Ecology:

• Global Environmental Picture: Population Growth, Degradation of Soils, Global Atmospheric Changes, Loss of Biodiversity.
• Ecosystems: Structure of Ecosystems, Biotic Structure, Categories of Organisms, Feeding and Non-feeding Relationships, Ecosystems and how they work, Elements in Living and Non-living Systems, Energy Laws, Nutrient Cycling.
• Pollution: Major forms of Pollution and their Impact, Primary and Secondary Pollutants, Control Strategies, Indoor Pollutants, Global Warming, International Treaties.

Principles of Solar Energy, Hydropower, Wind Power, Biomass Energy, Ocean Thermal Energy, Geothermal Energy, and Tidal power.

Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Examination PART II Syllabus

Topics for the essay writing in Part II will be based on current affairs and general knowledge.

The essay should build an argument, demonstrate a clear perspective and be substantiated with examples, wherever possible.

HSEE 2022 Syllabus

The HSEE 2022 exam is based on Current affairs, General Knowledge, General Studies, Logical and Analytical Reasonings, and English Proficiency. So, once you've gone through the entire syllabus and ideas, you can progress toward your objective by practicing and developing your aptitude for questions.

• By knowing the elaborated syllabus candidates can become accustomed to the type of questions that will be asked in the entrance exam.
• The completion of your syllabus is the first milestone achieved; the true journey of practicing and developing strategies begins now.
• Now you should make strategies accordingly by choosing a topic each week and extensively go over it by practicing questions from study material and previous year questions.